2012-11-17
Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, harmonica blower, Jason Vivone doesn't take himself too seriously. Just listen to his latest release with the Billy Bats, Lather Rinse Repeat. It's full of tongue in cheek lyrics about some of the blues' favorite subjects, drinking and sex. It opens up strong with the burner "I Hear A Heartbeat", before it settles into the upbeat mid-tempo blues that packs the rest of the disc. For the last song the band slows it down for the banjo-inflected "Medusa Blues". This Kansas City band has left me impressed. Rebecca RuthSHEMEKIA COPELAND
AMERICA'S CHILD
SHARRIE WILLIAMS
Out of the Dark
THE APPLESEED COLLECTIVE
Young Love
COMPILATIONS
Blues For Big Walter
Williams Wayne & Isaak
Big City Back Country Blues
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Live in 1967 vol. 2
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